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The big news of the day was the solar eclipse that was visible in a line across the U.S. Unfortunately, I was well south of the areas of 100% “totality” (total coverage of the sun by the moon). According to a map published by NASA, I was in the 75% totality band: What that meant from the practical side of

So, the sidewalk egg-frying experiment made me think about some of our previous science experiments after work. The first one was an attempt at the classic Diet Coke and Mentos explosion. If you’re not familiar with it, hop on over to YouTube. It’s a fairly popular Bill Nye the Science Guy-style trick. Essentially, adding Mentos candy to Diet Coke causes

It’s been so blasted hot in Texas this summer, there have been some news stories asking if it was hot enough to cook various food products on various surfaces outside. For example, bake cookies on a car hood, or fry an egg on the sidewalk. Well, some co-workers and I took this challenge to heart, and attempted to fry up

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